SAINT

JOB TITLE: Kids and Families Pastor

LOCATION: West Ham, London

TYPE: Part-time

REPORTING TO: Emerging Generations Co-Lead and the Location Pastor

HOURS: Part-time 28 hours. Sunday work is required. Evening and weekend work might be required.
Hours can be worked flexibly by mutual agreement outside of ministry responsibilities.

SALARY: £27,500 FTE Subject to Experience

JOB SUMMARY

SAINT is a fast-growing and diverse church meeting across multiple East London locations, with
the vision of bringing hope to the people of East London in Jesus’ name. SAINT is part of the
Church of England. We are on a mission to see thousands of people of all ages connect with Jesus
in the years ahead and build a meaningful and hope-filled expression of the local church that will
serve the community in a healthy way.

We are recruiting a Kids and Families Pastor who is passionate about pursuing Jesus and seeing the
kingdom of God advance through ministry to kids and families. You will be a self-starting individual
excited to work as part of a wider team delivering kids ministry across SAINT, committed to
modelling whole of life discipleship to kids and empowering families to do the same.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

SUNDAYS

-  Continue to grow and build a volunteer team who will deliver engaging, age appropriate

content for kids of all ages.

-  Develop the delivery of Sunday kids groups by overseeing the content of taught

sessions and ensuring volunteers have the resources they need.

-  Set up and oversee Kids spaces at West Ham involving three age groups: 2s-4s, 5s-7s

and 7s-11s.

-  Create a culture where the faith of children is taken seriously and encouraged. Integrating
children and families into the West Ham Family Service, including kids work, family worship
and advocating on behalf of the kids and families ministry.

-  Provide the West Ham Kids volunteers with regular vision and training

-  Administration - planning and communicating volunteer rotas, managing Kids database,

purchasing, recruiting, networking, planning events, internal and external communication
about kids and Families ministry.

HEY BABY

-  Pioneer, deliver and develop a weekly Baby and Toddler hangout session every Monday

morning during term time at West Ham Church, using the SAINT Hey Baby model

-  Continuously grow and build a volunteer team to deliver a high quality, inviting and safe play

space for the kids and a warm, welcoming environment for their parents/carers.

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-  Continually build relationships with families who attend Hey Baby and invite them to

come to other events at church e.g. Sundays, Alpha, etc.

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In partnership with the wider Kids pastors, develop a future strategy to grow the ministry to
our local families, expanding the support we are able to provide to new parents/carers in
particular, and offering more opportunities for them to engage in faith conversations, e.g.
Hey Baby x Alpha daytime course.

LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE

-  Prepare, run and deliver an ever growing after-school program for local primary school

children using the SAINT Little Lighthouse model.

-  Continue to build a volunteer team to help deliver the sessions, leading the way in shaping

the culture.

-  Continually build relationships with kids and their parents who attend Little Lighthouse

and invite them to come to other events at church e.g. Sundays, Alpha, etc.

ONE-OFF OUTREACH EVENTS

- Running outreach events throughout the year

SCHOOLS

-  Establish and grow relationships with local primary schools.

-  Prepare and run assemblies in local Parish school.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

- Follow the SAINT Safeguarding Policy and ensure completion of safeguarding training by kids
team leaders as required

- Follow SAINT Health and Safety Policy and complete risk assessments

- Act as an inspirational role model for the Kids team, demonstrating what it means to be a follower
of Jesus both ‘on and off duty’

- Maintain attendance records of children and families at West Ham Sunday services and Hey
Baby ministry via ChurchSuite

- Maintain budgets for West Ham Kids ministry

ESSENTIAL

- 2 Years Experience of working with children and families

- Experience of building, leading, training and motivating volunteers

- A team player: proactive, collaborative and flexible

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- Excellent communication skills in formal and informal settings

- Excellent organisational and IT skills

- Understanding of current legislation affecting children and families work, including
Safeguarding and Health & Safety, and experience of implementing best practice in these areas

- Able to hold a valid DBS check certificate

- A personal and evident Christian faith

- Ability to commit to attending SAINT as your church and engage with the local community - A
flexible approach to working hours

WORK EXPECTATIONS

- Must attend worship services regularly and participate as an active member of SAINT

- Must attend Staff Meetings and Emerging Generations meetings on Tuesday

- Work days include Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

- 6 month probationary period

- Employer contribution to Pension

- Whilst the role is part-time, the role holder will need to be available to work key dates e.g.,
APCM, Easter, Christmas, Renaissance, Focus Week away for which Time Off in Lieu will be given.

- Attendance at Tuesday morning staff meeting 9:30am - 10:30am

- The role will be subject to the satisfactory completion of an Enhanced DBS

SAFEGUARDING

As part of our commitment to Safeguarding, this role requires applicants to demonstrate a
commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults of all cultural backgrounds and have a
good awareness of relevant policies and procedures, statutory legislation and guidance.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are qualified with the experience and skills to make a meaningful contribution to our
organisation, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your qualifications and relevant
experience to hello@saint.church. Please include “Kids Pastor Application" in the subject line of your
email.

SAINT is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of
all backgrounds and experiences.